Volume 102, Issue 43
Stories from the February 21, 2006 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Endowment concern Last Monday, The Hatchet front page headline read: “GW endowment grows 12 percent” (Feb. 13, p. 1). While this read as excellent news for our University and our local community, it could mean serious harm to some of the most vulnerable members of our international community. Here’s how: GW’s endowment may possibly be […]
Georgetown Students for Justice in Palestine hosted the fifth annual Palestine Solidarity Movement Conference this past weekend, drawing about 600 people from across the country to the school’s campus. Contributing members and organizations support the end of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, obtaining equality under the law for Palestinians living in Israel and gaining […]
Seth Weinshel’s job is to put a roof over every student’s head. But his job as director of University Campus Housing is certainly not that simple. Students want a particular roof. Housing is a hot-button issue during this time of year, and it seems like students care more about their housing assignment than their grade […]
On an uncharacteristically warm Thursday afternoon last week, LeDroit Park resident David Corry could be found outside tending to his garden. Corry, who has lived in LeDroit Park for the last 30 years, said it’s the serenity of the area that has kept him there for so long; and he hopes it can stay that […]
There is a generational gap between the names of new and old residence halls. The old ones – they have historical names such as Francis Scott Key and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Halls. Or they took on the names of the old D.C. apartment buildings or hotels they were converted from, such as The Schenley […]
GW and Georgetown University’s nationally ranked men’s basketball teams could restart a rivalry that ended more than 20 years ago if D.C. City Councilmember Jack Evans can get both schools to agree to participate in an annual Ward 2 championship game. Earlier this month, Evans sent letters to both GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg and […]
A lot of things change after graduation, but post-college housing doesn’t have to be one of them. Jessica Glynn, a 2005 graduate, dubs her apartment building the “dorm for professionals.” The Meridian at Gallery Place, a luxury rental apartment building, is home to dozens of recent GW graduates. Glynn estimated that about 50 recent graduates […]
University officials announced this month that GW will be co-sponsoring “It’s Academic,” a television quiz show for high school students and the longest running quiz show on the small screen. Originally broadcast in 1961, “It’s Academic” provides a forum for students from 81 area high schools to compete in a fast-paced quiz show featuring questions […]
The residents of 522 22nd St. are happy to entertain visitors. In a townhouse with wireless Internet, delivery service, housekeeping, a full kitchen and a backyard for grilling, there is a lot to show off. So, when 15 students showed up there last month to discuss and watch news coverage of the Palestinian election, everyone […]
The Hall on Virginia Avenue is GW’s residence hall claim to fame. Everyone knows room 723 was used as a lookout for the famous Watergate break-in that led to President Richard Nixon’s downfall. Other residence halls shouldn’t feel too left out, though. Plenty of GW’s dorms have had their own moment in history. Jacqueline Bouvier […]